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A case of intestinal obstruction in a 90-year-old patient at a tertiary hospital in Central Saudi Arabia with a rare cause: obturator hernia
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A case of intestinal obstruction in a 90-year-old patient at a tertiary hospital in Central Saudi Arabia with a rare cause: obturator hernia

Zeinah Sulaihim, Lina Alsaadon, Roaa Saleh Alsuhaibani, Hana Alfaleh and Ibrahim Albabtain
Journal of surgical case reports, Vol.2022(2), p.rjac044
01/02/2022
PMID: 35198147

Abstract

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Obturator hernia is a pelvic floor type of hernia in which abdominal or pelvic contents protrude through the obturator foramen. It is considered rare in patients with signs and symptoms of intestinal obstruction causing a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. This case reports a 91-year-old multiparous female who presented with vague lower abdominal pain associated with obstipation and vomiting. We present a successful laparoscopic repair of obturator hernia in an elderly female.

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